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A homage to M R James, who had the talent to evoke the uncanny in otherwise ordinary circumstances. And a ...
If I Was A Rabbit
My ears twitched, and for a moment I thought I might be a rabbit, but no such luck - it ...
Latest Poetry
Waiting for a Bus
You wait and wait and are at the end of your tether waiting hours for a bus, then three come ...
Unforgiven.
I am no more than yesterday’s echo, less than a whisper in the shadows of your thoughts. You turn your ...
Non-Ficiton
Conversations on Father’s Day
I should tell you, he was a forceful man. Perhaps he had to be. Beware the wrath of Father, eh? ...
Dance of the Giants (a wedding toast)
Actually gave a version of this best man's toast at my best friend's wedding ...
Death Announced Her Arrival
This one was written for a friend, an old lady, who called me late one ...
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Mordechai in Slogger, October, 1974
Mordechai in Slogger, 1974 rooting through books in a box outside ‘Barney’s Remainders’ ...
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Not all Wounds Bleed
In Victorian times we locked them in, today we lock them out Sitting in the street a plastic coffee cup ...
Let Me Take Your Hand
When my daughter was married, she asked me to read some of my work at the ceremony. This was what ...
Power of prayer
No, I am not a doctor, A mere writer. I wonder if I can put the world at ease With ...